Top Gear USA on BBC3 Fridays Nights 7 pm

mike65 · 14-10-2011 10:50am #1

BBC3 7:00pm-7:45pm (45 minutes) Fri 14 Oct

Top Gear USA
Season 1 Episode 1 of 10
New series. Motoring magazine, presented by Rutledge Wood, Tanner Foust and Adam Ferrara. The soon-to-be-replaced Dodge Viper SRT is given a fitting send-off in a race against a Cobra attack helicopter through the streets of Griffin, Georgia. The trio determine which is the best Lamborghini ever in a desert-based contest, and retired astronaut Buzz Aldrin takes to the test track
Category Motoring
Executive Producer John Hesling, Scott Messick
Cast
Presenter Rutledge Wood (IMDB)
Presenter Tanner Foust (IMDB)
Presenter Adam Ferrara (IMDB)
Guest Buzz Aldrin (IMDB)

positron · 14-10-2011 9:21pm

Meh. don't think I would bother next week.

Cormic · 15-10-2011 12:50am

Massive Meh.

The three hosts had no personality and the banter between them was forced.

I know the British one is heavily scripted but the three guys at least act like the know / like each other.

baalthor · 15-10-2011 12:55am

I managed to watch three minutes of it.

As Clarkson said of the Ford F150: "Basically ... it's rubbish"

mike65 · 15-10-2011 10:48am

It wasn't as bad as I feared but it added nothing, took some stuff away and also suffered some poor in car photography.

Mahatma coat · 15-10-2011 1:35pm

dunno, twas kinda alright for a bunch of yanks, true to form they just tested Straigh line speed on the Lambo's

Corners?? What are they???

have top admit tho the camerawork just didnt seem as polished as the BBC version, just shows how Good those boyos are at their job

danniemcq · 17-10-2011 3:56pm

jeez i'm only after realising i watched this, now thats forgettable!

longshanks · 21-10-2011 7:20pm

Beardface in the Aston Martin

'So the Aston goes 180 mph but the clock goes to 220.... Is that a British thing......lying?'

bnt · 21-10-2011 10:22pm

Generally OK, I think, after two episodes. Brave to have an episode of a American car show without a single American car in it - not even the small car. The blind dude was a laugh, and his dog had the last word ...

Victor Meldrew · 05-11-2011 9:48pm

Good god, what a poor show, Makes you realise how good (despite all valid, often aired criticisms) the BBC show is.

Too much a franchise (Mc donalds), needs to have a more "american" feel and a lot more irreverance and banter..

Presenters are dull. should have called the Stig something else....

Victor Meldrew · 10-11-2011 2:39pm

Victor Meldrew wrote: »

Good god, what a poor show, Makes you realise how good (despite all valid, often aired criticisms) the BBC show is.

Too much a franchise (Mc donalds), needs to have a more "american" feel and a lot more irreverance and banter..

Presenters are dull. should have called the Stig something else....

OK,

I stand to correct myself, watched a few episodes on YT and now "get" it. Different, American, but occasionally very funny. especially episode 1, seriese 2, "Texas"

Myrddin · 15-11-2011 5:46pm

American humor? Eugh, I'll pass.

Batsy · 20-11-2011 8:28pm

I watched about a minute of an episode of Top Gear USA. It was cringeworthy. The three presenters were trying to do British-style humour and they failed miserably. Americans just can't do British humour. I think I'll stick with good old Clarkson, May and Hammond.

It's for the same reason why the American versions of British shows such as The Office and Shameless are so poor.

Cicero · 22-01-2012 6:21pm

It really feels like they've memorised a script- all the ideas are just replicating the top gear model...Very badly.....not a show for me....I was totally bored

Sterling Archer · 17-03-2012 2:12am

Is anyone watching this, i'm watching season 2 atm, and it's actually good, a challenge each week, and they seem to have gelled a good bit since season 1